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What will Ofsted ask me about attendance?

'Pupils have high attendance, come on time to school and are punctual to lessons. ' In order to make a judgement, inspectors will observe pupils punctuality in arriving at school and to lessons; analyse absence and PA rates for all pupils and for different groups, and look at how low attendees are improving.
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What questions does Ofsted ask about attendance?

How are pupils' attendance and punctuality monitored and acted upon? Tell me about the way the school uses home/school links with regard to attendance/behaviour/performance? Do you have case studies of where safeguarding and pupil welfare have been causes of concern?
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What questions would Ofsted ask you?

Questions Ofsted might ask early years practitioners about provision:
  • How do you organise your provision?
  • Do you do any adult-led activities? ...
  • How many adults do you have in your setting? ...
  • What qualifications do the adults in your setting have? ...
  • What areas of provision do your children enjoy the most?
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What do Ofsted ask for when they call?

During the call, the Ofsted inspector will typically ask questions about the setting, such as how many children attend, what ages they are, and what types of activities are offered.
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What questions Ofsted may ask pupils?

  • 10 Is bullying a problem at your school? ...
  • 11 I feel safe when I am at school. ...
  • 13 My school encourages me to look after my physical health (for example.
  • 14 My school encourages me to look after my emotional and mental health. ...
  • 15 I take part in school activities outside of lessons, like clubs, sports, music.
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An update on attendance with Ofsted and the DfE

What questions will Ofsted ask support staff?

As Ofsted includes support staff in those who will experience pupils' challenging behaviour, inspectors may ask your office staff about issues including:
  • Pupil behaviour and punctuality.
  • Your school's response to behaviour.
  • The prevalence of permanent exclusion and the procedures surrounding it.
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What will Ofsted ask teachers?

Often, progress is mentioned during an Ofsted deep dive. Schools can expect questions and discussions about progress in pupils' learning against the national curriculum: how teachers know what went before, how they know where they are going, and how they are supporting pupils to get there.
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What should I do to prepare for Ofsted?

Make sure you have these documents on hand:
  1. SEN information report.
  2. Pupil premium data.
  3. Education, health and care (EHC) plans.
  4. School-based plans.
  5. Evidence base for interventions and use of TAs.
  6. AP/EdPsych/partnerships knowledge.
  7. Risk assessments for pupils.
  8. Reduced timetables.
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What are the safeguarding questions for Ofsted?

How does your school effectively protect vulnerable children from accessing harmful content? How is social media tackled within your school? How does your school protect children with special educational needs from the dangers online? Do pupils know how to stay safe from online predators?
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Do Ofsted tell you when they are coming?

Most schools receive notice of their inspection between 10.30am and 2pm on the school day before the inspection begins. However, Ofsted can inspect any school without notice if this is judged to be appropriate.
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What is the learning walk for Ofsted?

Purpose of an Ofsted Learning Walk

The learning walk helps inspectors identify strengths, areas for improvement, and whether the setting is delivering an inclusive, stimulating, and nurturing environment for all children.
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How can I promote my British values in early years?

Here are a few more suggestions of how to promote British Values in your setting, this may include;
  1. During meals/ snacks teach children about table manners.
  2. Celebrating British occasions and festivals.
  3. Encourage children to listen to one another and wait before speaking.
  4. Listening during stories or discussion time.
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What are the areas of learning in the Eyfs?

Areas of learning
  • communication and language.
  • personal, social and emotional development.
  • physical development.
  • literacy.
  • mathematics.
  • understanding the world.
  • expressive arts and design.
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What questions to ask about attendance?

How many days were you absent from work in the last year? This is a common question that interviewers, who may be the human resources specialist for the company or the hiring manager, ask when they're speaking to you about the position.
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How do attendance questions work?

What is an attendance question anyway? Simply put, the daily attendance question is a low-stakes question for students to answer at the beginning of each class, typically around the time you take attendance.
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How do you assess attendance?

Subjectivity: Attendance can be objectively measured by recording whether an employee is physically present or absent. However, evaluating performance is often more subjective. It requires a comprehensive assessment of various factors, such as job responsibilities, goals, targets, and quality of work.
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What safeguarding questions do Ofsted ask staff?

Here is a list of 14 questions Ofsted could ask:
  • Is safeguarding practice effective in implementation?
  • How often is your school/college's safeguarding policies and related policies reviewed?
  • Are your leaders aware of how to identify and respond to online safety concerns?
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What are the 6 key safeguarding?

What are the Principles of Safeguarding? There are 6 main principles of safeguarding as outlined in the Care Act; empowerment, prevention, protection, proportionality, partnerships and accountability.
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What are the 4 R's of safeguarding children?

The 4Rs of Safeguarding Children is professional practice for how you can recognise, record, report and refer in the situation of child abuse.
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How can I impress an inspector?

Engagement with the inspectors: first of all, make the inspectors very welcome. Make it easy for them to find their way around, prepare a tidy, clear space for them to meet, provide refreshments. It is a very busy two days for the inspectors, so be as helpful as you can.
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What are the 4 areas of Ofsted?

Inspectors will also make graded judgements on the following areas using the 4-point scale:
  • quality of education.
  • behaviour and attitudes.
  • personal development.
  • leadership and management.
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What do Ofsted look for in childminders?

During the inspection

observe how you and the children interact. check the children's levels of understanding and if they take part in learning. talk to you about the children's knowledge, skills and abilities. observe care routines and how they're used to support children's personal development.
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What questions will Ofsted ask early years?

During the learning walk, inspectors will want to find out about your curriculum and what you want the children to know while they are with you. Ofsted will want to know: Children have made progress. Children know and remember what you want them to learn.
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What do Ofsted say about assessment?

“What inspectors do want to see is the assessment information your school uses, in the format that you find works best, to help you know how well your pupils are doing at the point they are at in your curriculum. And then, crucially, what you do with that information to support better pupil achievement.”
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What do Ofsted look for in a lesson?

OFSTED defines an outstanding lesson as one where the students show clear evidence of learning. The lesson should also have no significant areas for improvement and lots of strengths. The inspector will be looking at how the students are responding to the lesson and what they are doing.
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